Thursday, February 05, 2009

Another Fight.

The table for the I-League, which is the EPL version in India is now on it's hind legs, as the teams gear up to fight for the title. Bhaichung Bhutia, the India captain has promised that the title is going to come in Calcutta, with the Calcutta Giants, Mohun Bagan will win it. The team along with the coach, Bencharifa are quite confident about this, but at the moment, they are a point behind the table leaders after the thirteenth round. On 6th February, 2009, Yuva Bharati will boil with emotions from the Mohun Bagan fans, as they face the table toppers, Sporting Club de Goa, a Goan outfit who has been convincing this season. But Bagan who at the moment has the local Calcutta League and the Federation Cup already under theior belts look forward to make their fame by recreating history of holding titles at all levels. Only if the IFA Shield came back home, it would have been the best deal. Mohun Bagan has won the league (formerly known as National Football League) three times since 1997 opening. This year is I-League's second edition as a new name. This is the present standing between the tournament teams teams:
# TEAM P W D L GF-GA GDIF PTS
1 Sporting Clube de Goa - Goa 13 9 1 3 15-09 +6 28
2 Mohun Bagan AC - Calcutta 13 8 3 2 18-09 +9 27
3 Churchill Brothers SC - Goa 13 6 6 1 23-13 +10 24
4 Mumbai Football Club - Mumbai [P] 13 6 4 3 16-14 +2 22
5 Dempo Sports Club - Goa [C] 13 5 3 5 19-15 +4 18
6 Air-India - Mumbai 13 4 5 4 14-13 +1 17
7 JCT - Phagwara 13 4 4 4 12-13 -1 16
8 Mahindra United - Mumbai 13 4 3 6 13-14 -1 15
9 East Bengal Club - Calcutta 13 3 4 6 12-13 -1 13
10 Chirag United Sports Club - Calcutta [P] 13 3 4 6 09-16 -7 13
11 Mohammedan Sporting Club - Calcutta [P] 13 2 4 7 05-16 -11 10
12 Vasco Sports Club - Goa [P] 13 2 3 8 08-19 -11 09

The values are Matches, win, loss, draw, GF-GA, GD and Points. This match will seal the fate for Bagan, for if they carry on winning, they would simply be invincible. The only team that looks quite strong is JCT, who has theor home match agains Bagan.

I Pray for Mohun Bagan...

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